This is my America : a novel
Title
:
This is my America : a novel
Author
:
Johnson, Kim, 1979- author.
ISBN
:
9780593118764
9780593118771
Edition
:
1st ed.
Physical Description
:
406 pages ; 22 cm.
Reading Level
:
HL 640 L Lexile
Subject Term
:
Racism -- Fiction.
Judicial error -- Fiction.
African Americans -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Children of prisoners -- Fiction.
Malicious accusation -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Justice -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Texas -- Fiction.
Summary
:
Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present?
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | TEEN FICTION JOH | Checked Out |
| Oakdale Library | TEEN FICTION JOH | Teen Fiction |
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | TEEN FICTION JOH | Teen Fiction |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | TEEN FICTION JOH | Teen Fiction |
| Stillwater Public Library | TEEN FICTION JOH | Teen Fiction |